Vol. XIX-| General Notes. Q^ 



1902 J -"-' 



Cryptoglaux (= Nyctala) acadica, ? , Newport, Oregon, December 14, 

 1896. This specimen does not appear to belong to the recently described 

 humid Northwest Coast form, Cryptoglaux acadica scotcsa (Osgood). 

 It seems not distinguishable from examples from Ontario, Connecticut, 

 Minnesota, and California. Perhaps it was a winter visitant from the less 

 humid interior somewhere. " 



Calcarius lapponicus alnsceiisis, $, October 2; ?, September 14, 1899; 

 both taken at Cape Foulweather, Oregon. As far as I can judge these 

 are exactly like fall specimens from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. 



Spizella monticola ockracea, $ , Newport, Oregon, April 9, 1901. This 

 specimen is somewhat larger than Kowak River breeding birds; the 

 interscapulars are more narrowly black-streaked, with edgings of buffy 

 white; hind neck and rump also paler. These characters point toward a 

 more arid summer habitat, possibly among the northern Rocky Mountains 

 of British Columbia. — Joseph Grinnell, Falo Alto, Calif. 



Connecticut Bird Notes. — This spring (1901) Mr. J. B. Canfield of 

 Bridgeport, Conn., reports that three pairs of Rough-winged Swallows 

 {Siela-idopferyx serripejitiis) nested in this vicinity. Judge John N. Clark, 

 of Savbrook, notes another pair in that locality; and while en route on his 

 trip to New Hampshire he noted a pair at White River Junction. Mr. 

 R. Heber Howe, Jr., reports a pair at Gales Ferry. Mr. Calvin Rawson 

 CJ. M. W.') of Norwich, Conn., also reports two pairs of Rough-wings, 

 one nesting under the Laurel Hill bridge, and the other in the new coal 

 pocket. 



I wish to record the nesting of three pairs of Rough-winged Swallows, 

 one pair at Millstone Point, a short distance south of New London, first 

 noticed May 12; a pair in Groton, opposite New London, June 10; and a 

 pair still further east in Poquonnoc, also on June 10, about ten miles from 

 the Rhode Island border. 



Rough-winged Swallows are evidently extending their breeding range 

 farther and farther eastward, and are more numerous than generally sup- 

 posed, and the A. O. U. Check-List should include Connecticut as within 

 its breeding range. This is the verdict of Judge John N. Clark of Saybrook, 

 Conn., one of our most careful observers, with long years of experience in 

 ornithological field work. 



On May 12, 1901, I was fortunate enough to find a small colony of Fish 

 Crows {Corvtis ossifragus) nesting on one of the headlands jutting into 

 Long Island Sound, in the vicinity of New London and within sight of the 

 Watch Hill summer hotel, on the Rhode Island border. On further inves- 

 tigation I found 2 nests containing 5 eggs each ; i nest containing 4 eggs ; 

 I nest containing 3 eggs; i nest containing 4 young (a day or two old). 



On Nov. 10, I noted five individuals of the colony and shall observe if 

 thev winter so far east of their usual range. Mr. J. B. Canfield of Bridge- 

 port, speaks of a small colony in his vicinity also. 



